Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Twin Cities Area
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City